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Crossroads Resource Center

Ken Meter

Description

A new book, Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice, edited by Alison Blay-Palmer, Damien Conaré, Ken Meter, Amanda Di Battista, and Carla Johnston.

Published by Routledge Press (UK), released December 12, 2019.

This book features cutting-edge scholarship on food system assessment written by several scholars working in diverse regions internationally, with strong representation from the Global South. It includes scholars holding diverse approaches to systemic analysis. This is published through the FLEdGE network coordinated by Alison Blay-Palmer at Wilifred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

One chapter written by Ken Meter covers techniques for performing food system assessment in complex adaptive systems.

The book is available for FREE DOWNLOAD at the link above, and can also be purchased (by libraries, for example) through the Routledge web site.

Entry Date

December 16, 2019

Cornell Cooperative Extension Jefferson County

Toolkit for Mapping a Food System

Description

Looking for ways to better understand your local food system? Below is a link to a toolkit, developed by Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Jefferson County, which may be used to support projects seeking to acquire a more robust understanding of local/regional food system assets. This toolkit, free and open to the public, includes a detailed tutorial which lays out a process for surveying and mapping food system components through the use of downloadable and customizable survey models.

Entry Date

July 9, 2019

REAP Food Group

Brianna Fiene

Entry Date

May 30, 2019

Rutgers Cooperative Extension - Atlantic County

Richard VanVranken

Description

Helps farmers/direct marketers cater to recent immigrant communities with production guides, marketing analysis and use information for ethnic specialty vegetables and herbs commonly grown around the world that can be adapted for production in the US, especially the highly diverse northeastern portion of the country.

Entry Date

January 30, 2019

Illinois Farm Bureau

Raghela Scavuzzo

Description

A brochure to help others understand the FSMA Produce Rule

Entry Date

January 30, 2019

University of WI Cooperative Extension

Kathleen Haas

Description

This summer (2018), Columbia County UW-Extension partnered with the School District of Wisconsin Dells (SDWD) to host the F2S Showcase, refer to attached file for more details. The purpose of the SDWD Food Service F2S Showcase was to spotlight the fresh local food served as part of the SDWD’s school meal program; increase awareness of Columbia County’s local food resources and increase knowledge of how local food contributes to overall wellness and healthy eating habits. The Showcase featured three stations: Meet the Farmer; Local Food Nutritional Facts; and, Tasting & Food Service F2S Survey.

Entry Date

January 30, 2019


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